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friend’s life. He could have been doing anything, but did it have any
sort of impact on my father's life? Absolutely not. We do not have to
know everything about the lives of hundred other people—there is

absolutely no point in looking at their updates. If you do this then you
start comparing your life with theirs’, and you start feeling sad.
I have read this quote somewhere. I hope it helps you.
"The reason why we struggle with insecurity is because we compare
our behind the scenes with everyone else's highlight reel."

When you start comparing everything that you have with other
people: your looks, whether you have a more successful career or

not, whether you have a more capable and good-looking partner with
you or not, how much importance do you get compared to them etc.
slowly, you lose your happiness and start becoming anxious. Social
media can be a dark, endless tunnel only if you make it one.

Learn to live a normal life; the simpler your life is, the less clogged
mind you will have. This habit of looking into others life will never go
away. It is possible that you may not have a job today—but even if
you get a job tomorrow, then also it would be difficult for you to quit
this habit. This habit of comparing and competing with others will
keep on increasing—it will never decrease—and you will feel like you
have to match them in each and everything. If those online friends—

who are actually not your friends—go on a foreign trip, you will feel
that you do not have any life because you cannot go overseas, you
should also eat in expensive restaurants like them, and your mind
will remain entangled in all these things. Like an insect getting
caught in a spider’s web, you will also get caught in this vicious web
of social media. Remember: “No-one can make you feel inferior

without your consent”- Eleanor Roosevelt.

You do not have to block anybody—that would be rude—but you can
unfollow them. By unfollowing them you will not be able to see their
updates. Your mental peace is of utmost importance; you should
stay away from everything that disturbs or distracts you. This is why
you should only look at updates and posts of your close friends.